How To Install jhead on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jhead on Debian 10.
What is jhead
jhead is:
jhead is a command line driven utility for extracting digital camera settings from the Exif format files used by many digital cameras. It handles the various confusing ways these can be expressed, and displays them as F-stop, shutter speed, etc. It is also able to reduce the size of digital camera JPEGs without loss of information, by deleting integral thumbnails that digital cameras put into the Exif header.
There are three methods to install jhead on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install jhead Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jhead using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jhead
Install jhead Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jhead using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jhead
Install jhead Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install jhead using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jhead
How To Uninstall jhead on Debian 10
To uninstall only the jhead package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jhead
Uninstall jhead And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jhead and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jhead
Remove jhead Configurations and Data
To remove jhead configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jhead
Remove jhead configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jhead configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jhead
Dependencies
jhead have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jhead package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.